Bag-fastening.



Patented April 11, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

`PHINEAS RUDISOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAG-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. I787,000, dated April 11, 1905.

Application filed November 19, 1904. Serial No. 233,394.

To all whom it may concer-7c:

Be itknown that 1', PI-IINEAs RUDIsoH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York a front .view of a bag provided with my im-V proved fastening, showing it closed. Fig. 2 1s an end view of Fig. 1;' Fig. 3, a front vlew of the bag, showing it open; Fig. 4, an enlarged end view of the upper part of Fig. 3; and Fig.y

5, an end View of the upper part of the bag, showing it partly folded.

The bag, made of tar-paper or other suitable material, is composed of a front flap t and a rear flap ct', separated near the top by end slits a2. The rear lfiap a is longer than the front flap a and projects a considerable distance above the same. To the inner side of this exposed foldable upper section of flap a are secured two parallel rails b and c, which are preferably beveled, Fig. 4f, and are .so spaced that the upper rail may be folded against the lower rail c. The rails .7) c extend laterally beyond the edges of the bag, Fig. 3, so that their exposeddends may be embraced by suitable clasps d. These clasps are connected by a string or wire d', carrying a hook d2, by means of which -the bag may be sus pended from a suitable support.

rail c carries a string or wire e, that enters the bag and is provided with a hook e for susigaining the clothes or other articles within the After the bag .is charged the upper end of the short front fiap a is laid against the lower rail c, and then the 'exposed upper section of the rear iiap a'. is turned forward and downward, so that the upper rail c is folded against the lower rail, thus clamping the upper edge of front flap a, between them, Fig. 5. Both rails b c are now turned over jointly a few times, Fig. 2, to roll the top of the bag until the end slits a2 are entirely closed. The clasps d are finally slipped over the exposed ends of the rails, when the bag will be tightly closed ready to be suspended by hook (Z2.

What I claim'is- A bag provided with a front flap, a rear flap lextending above the same, a pair of parallel rails secured to the inner side of the upper foldable section of the rear Hap and extend- PHINEAS RUDISCH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SCHULZ, FRANKl v. BRIEsEN.

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